Power Quote by Bertrand De Jouvenel

“People can only have power over you if you are seeking to have power over others.”

— Bryant McGill

“Through our intentions, a place no power can influence, we have the power to oppose.”

— Bryant McGill

“If this phrase the 'balance of power' is to always be an argument for war, the pretense for war will never be wanting, and…

— Joe Bright

“Power should only be wielded by those who would much prefer not to have it.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

“The violence of power is unacceptable only when we see it in action.”

— Olivier Razac

“Traditionally we associate power with the display of strength, winning, and having lots of money and prestige. I think we have power mixed up…

— Yasmin Davar

“In times of war or crisis, power is easily stolen from the many by the few on a promise of security. The more elusive…

— Ronald Wright

“Those who are to conduct a war cannot in the nature of things, be proper or safe judges, whether a war ought to be…

— James Madison

“You cannot prevent a war by starting a war.”

— Carroll Bryant

“We have to rise up against all forms of power—but not just power in the narrow sense of the word, referring to the power…

— Michel Foucault

“Every system of power in the world has a vested interest in weakening the individuality of its subjects and tries to weaken or it…

— Christa Wolf

“The power of war is the organ of protection”

— William Maclay